Fence-wire fastener.



c. B. DUDENY.

FENCE WIRE FASTENER.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAR- 10, 1915'.

K 1,165,158. Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

WITNESSES IN 5 N 70/? Charlie .B.Duden By W 3 I nrromvns CHARLIE BELVEL DUDEIT, OF HENRYET'IA, OKLAHOMA.

FENCE-WIRE 'FASTENER.

Application filed March 10, 1915.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, CHARLIE BELVEL DUDEN, a resident of Henryetta, in the county of Okmulgee and State of Oklahoma,- have in vented a new and Improved Fence-Wire Fastener,'of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to fence wire fasteners and has to deal more particularly with seat blocks interposed between the fence post and the wires stapled thereto.

. The invention has for its general objects to provide a fence wire seat block of such design that a fence wire can be securely fastened by means of a staple or the like to a fence post without danger of kinking or producing a bight in the wire and maintaining the wire out of contact with the wood, whereby a rusting or corroding action where contact is made with the fence post when the wires are fastened by the usual method is prevented, and furthermore, the seat block is so designed that the wire can be easily and quickly unfastened by the use of a claw hammer engaging between the seat block and fence post. The advantage of preventing kinking of the wire when stapled to the post, is that the wire is not fractured, and hence is not liable to break when the fence wire is at any time retightened.

\Vith such objects in view, and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention and wherein similar charatcers of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a side view of a fence post with the fence wires fastened thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal section on the line 22, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the seat blocks.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates an ordinary fence post to which are fastened fence wires 2, the fastening being accomplished by means of staples or equivalent devices 3 which straddle the fence wires and are driven into the post 1. Interposed between each wire and the post are metal seat blocks 4 which are so designed as to hold the Specification of Letters latent. I

a citizen of the United States, and- Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Serial No. 13,530.

wires out of contactwith the post and prevent the wire from being kinked or bent into a bight, as is the case with the common method where the wire is placed directly against the fence post and the staple driven in. The seat block 4, as shown in Fig. I, has a flat outer face 5 provided with a longitudinally extending straight groove 6 in which the fence wire engages, and recesses 7 are provided in the top and bottom surfaces of the seat block so as to receive the prongs 8 of the staple 3, whereby the block is prevented from becoming loose or moving out'of the staple. The side of the seat block presented to the fence post is formed with beveled surfaces 9, so that in horizontal cross-section the seat block is an isosceles triangle having an extremely wide base compared with the altitude. The angular portion or corner 10 at the center of the beveled side of the block becomes slightly embedded inthe fence post when the staple is driven home, so that there is no danger of the fence block shifting longitudinally, and thereby the block cooperates with the staple to tightly hold the wire from slipping. By reference to Fig. 2 it will be observed that recesses 11 are formed between the ends of the block and the fence post, whereby the claws of a hammer can be engaged in either of these recesses for prying loose the staple when it is necessary to take down the fence wire or to loosen the same for re-tightening. By prying off the wire in this manner there is no danger of breaking or bending the latter, and furthermore the operation of loosening the wire is greatly simplified as compared with the old method of fastening wires to fence posts simply by a staple. Another disadvantage overcome by the present device is that the fence wires are kept out of contact with the post, and hence corrosion of the wire, due to the moisture and acid of the wood where the wire contacts with the post, is prevented.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation, together with the device'which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes 1. A fence Wire seat block comprising a body flat on one side and tapering from the center to both ends on the opposite side, the flatside being longitudinally grooved to receive'the fence Wire, in combination with a post against which the center of the beveled side of the block bears, a fence Wire seated I in the'groove of the flat side, and a fastener securing the block to the post and the Wire tomthe'block, the ends of the block being spaced from the fence post to permit an instrument to be inserted for prying oil the block.

2. A fence Wire seat block comprising a 7 body having a front face longitudinally from the center toward both ends, and the upper and lower faces of the block being centrally recessed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my tWo subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLIE BELVEL Witnesses: V

' JAY J. HAMILTON,

HENRY E. Hovrn.

name to this specification in thepresence of DU EN.

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2O grooved and arear face beveled opposltely 

